It is because he is the President. Yes, the bully pulpit helps and incumbents can be difficult to beat, but his real argument involves the same tactic he employed to pass his health care plan.

He’s going to throw his fellow party members under the bus.

Obama’s best argument in 2012 to win re-election is to acknowledge the likelihood that the House will remain Republican and Republicans will take back the Senate leaving only him as the check in the balance of power of single-party rule.

The American people were not pleased with Democrat control of the House Senate and Presidency in 1993-1994 and 2009-2010. Likewise, Republicans were booted from power for their single party rule from 2001-2006. The 2002 and 2004 elections were both anomalies that favored the Republicans as a war party because it was the aftermath of September 11th. Former Clinton strategist James Carville was right when he said Republicans would rue the day they won the 2004 election. The American voters were so fatigued of the Republicans that kicking them out of the House and Senate in 2006 wasn’t enough. They expanded Democrat gains in Congress and delivered the White House to them in 2008 only to turn against the Democrats in 2010 to bring the story full circle.